Quantifying the Benefits of Link-Tracing Designs for Partnership Network Studies

Field Methods

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-193

  adams, jimi ^a   Moody, James ^b   Muth, Stephen Q ^c   Morris, Martina ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Quintus ential Solutions   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; link tracing; social networks; STI; survey methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861354911     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X11433997     Document Type: Review

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